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FtC Human Powered Health Riders and Staff take on Tour de Suisse

If you're looking for a UCI ProTeam to cheer for this year, may I suggest Human Powered Health? The US-based team formally known as Rally Pro Cycling has two riders and two staff members that call Fort Collins home. All four are currently in Swisserland for the 2022 Tour de Suisse which takes place June 12th- June 19th.

2022 colorado state time trial championship

2022 NoCo State Time Trial Championship Results

Northern Colorado had 14 racers take part in the John Stenner Memorial Colorado State Time Trial Championship on Sunday in Keensburg. Eight of those riders finished in the top 3 with Charlie Mohr, Matthew Skrdla, George Simpson, and Victoria Dippold all taking wins. There were 147 racers in 2022. 241 in 2019.

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Ride & Race Rundown 06/06/22

Sendtown shorttrack wraps up, YGR Time Trials restart, City Street Crits set to return, new time for the Saturday Open Ride, and the RioCovery and Life Behind Bars rides return for the season.

YGR Time Trials-June

The June version of the YGR Time Trials starts on the 7th with the Taft Hill Time Trial. This particular race will include a 40k distance for those prepping for state championships. We'll do Double Dams on the 14th and Horsetooth on the 21st.

Open Position: Program Assistant FC Moves

FC Moves is hiring a part-time Program Assistant to assist in Adult Education & Outreach. The application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 6/9/2022.

Sweeney's Ride to School Slideshow

Tom Sweeney’s Ride to School Slideshow 2021/2022

The 2021/2022 school year marks a decade of riding to school and taking at least one photo per day every day, for Tom Sweeney. Tom teaches 5th grade at Bennett Elementary here in Fort Collins.  I think this is the eighth year I've run his slideshow on the site and I always enjoy reliving the changing seasons through his lens.

ProVelo Settles into new Location

ProVelo Bicycles has settled into its new location at the corner of Horsetooth and Shields. The former McCoy's Morning Glory location provides Greg Thornton and his staff of six (and hiring) with 4500sf of room to spread out. The space includes a commercial kitchen that Thornton is considering turning into a commissary for food trucks and an additional 1500sf that he'd like to rent out to a coffee shop or similar business.

Obituary for Nathan Jones

Nathaniel Glenn Jones, 40 of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away April 16, 2022 due to side effects of a traumatic brain injury he suffered in 2018. Nathan was born in Irving, Texas to Glenn and Carol Jones on April 7, 1982. 

2022 Ride of Silence and Ghost Bike Dedications

Cycling community members including Larimer County Commissioner John Kefalas and Fort Collins Mayor Jeni Arndt took part in the 2022 Ride of Silence and Ghost Bike Dedication on Wednesday evening. The seven-mile memorial ride took cyclists passed the two locations where cyclists were killed in crashes with motor vehicles in 2021. The ride and ghost bike installations were organized by  Anna Kelso of Bike Fort Collins.

FC Moves E-Bikes on Paved Trails Evaluation

Three years after they were first allowed, FC Moves released a 31-page report about EBikes on paved paths in Fort Collins. In March 2022, an evaluation was conducted involving a total of 25 data collections over a 6-day period. They allowed for the monitoring of trail utilization and experience, use of e-bikes, safety behaviors, speeds, and user perceptions.

Bike Sports TV Garage: Tubeless Tire Install

Brace yourselves, Zack and Whit have launched Bike Sports Garage TV. In these videos, they'll demonstrate how to make real-world cycling repairs when you may or may not have perfectly honed skills or all the proper tools. In this first video, Whit takes on the tubeless tire install.